Genesis 19:22:12Gen.19.22.W12TAB
קָרָ֥א
kara
“was called”
- Transliteration
- ka-RA
- Extended
- kah-RAA
- IPA
- /qa.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was called
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Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-RA shem-ha-IR
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-IR tso-AR
- sentence
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-IR tso-AR
Exegesis
The inferential particle 'al-ken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-kēn} ‘therefore’ leads the etiological clause where kara {קָרָא | qārāʾ} governs shem-ha'ir {שֵׁם־הָעִיר | šēm-hāʿîr} ‘the name of the city’ with Tso'ar {צֹעַר | ṣōʿar} as the resulting toponym.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–resh–aleph
“to call, cry out”
In context — Genesis 19:22
Swiftly flee there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:22, so the Hebrew word קָרָ֥א (kara) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.19.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.22.W12.S1) and character.